The Kindling Theatre Company and Neighborhood Productions, in association with The Gym at Judson, are thrilled to present the world premiere of THE CAPABLES, written by Jay Stull and directed by Stefanie Abel Horowitz. THE CAPABLES begins performances tonight, July 17 for a limited engagement through Saturday, August 3.
Press opening is Tuesday, July 23 at 7 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Wednesday at 7 PM; Thursday - Saturday at 8 PM; Sunday at 7 PM. Performances are at The Gym at Judson (243 Thompson Street, at Washington Square South). Tickets are $18. To purchase tickets, call SmartTix on 212-868-4444 or visit
www.smarttix.com.
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Anna Capable has a collection. Her daughter Jessy calls it a hoard. In a desperate attempt to fix her family, Jessy enlists the help of a reality TV show to remove her mother's mess. But the camera sees a story very different from the one Jessy wants to tell. Is cleanliness really next to godliness? Funny and heartfelt, THE CAPABLES examines hoards, collections, and the dirty business of radical inclusion.
Dale Soules (Broadway's Hands on a Hard Body and Grey Gardens) leads a phenomenal cast that includes Jessie Barr (Folk Wandering at
Ars Nova, The End of the World at EST),
Dana Berger (Did You Ever Watch the Wonder Years at Rattlestick),
CharLes Browning (
Romeo & Juliet at Classical Theatre of Harlem, The Misanthrope at CSC), Katie Eisenberg (Appointment with
Elevator Repair Service), David J. Goldberg (Decompression at FringeNYC),
Hugh Sinclair (Ghost Light at 59E59, Southern Promises at PS 122),
Micah Stock (East Colfax at Rising Phoenix Rep, Deception on NBC), and Max Woertendyke (Beautiful at
The Public Theater, Girl at the Cherry Lane Theater).
The design team includes Greg Kozatek and George Hoffmann (set design); Tilly Grimes (costume design);
Nick Houfek (lighting design); and
Amy Altadonna (sound design).
Jay Stull (playwright) is a Brooklyn-based playwright, director, and dramaturg. He is the Literary Manager of The Amoralists Theatre Company, curates the AmoraLAB and AmoralFEST, and is a member of the Steering Committee of the Literary Wing at the Lark Play Development Center. Recent New York directing credits include: Fever! A Night of
Tennessee Williams (Girl In Red),
Michael Rabe's The Future Is Not What It Was (Kindling Theatre Company), Annah Feinberg's The Beautiful, Beautiful Sea Next Door (EBE Ensemble), and
Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth (11B). He will direct
Mark Roberts' play Rantoul and Die with The Amoralists this summer at The Cherry Lane. His play Strange Heart was developed last year in the IMPACT 2012 Festival at The
Culture Project; his play Monster Ball was produced by Ugly Rhino Theater in TinyRhino in February; and he has contributed to various cabarets with
The Civilians. He is a member of the performance collective Bastard Playground. He studied acting at the William Esper Studio, clown at The
Barrow Group, and ensemble work at the LAByrinth Theater. A.B. Bowdoin College.
Stefanie Abel Horowitz (director) is a Brooklyn-based theater maker. Her recent work includes
Walt Disney & The Invention of the Human devised by Tiny Little Band (Fresh Ground Pepper), Modjeska Dispatches by Sibyl Kempson (Gershwin Hotel), as well as workshops of Things Fall Apart: a meditation on Chekhov by Andrew Simon (Emory University), Tramps Like Us and The First Flower After the Flood both by Brian Otaño (The Lark) and Peacocks by Basil Kreimendahl (The Gym at Judson). Upcoming shows include 1927 devised by Tiny Little Band (ANT Fest), and Killers by Kevin Armento (Paradise Factory). She is an Emerging Artist in Residence at The Gym at Judson, a member of
Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, a founding member of The Accidentals, a company of directors, with
Eric Hoff & Laura Brandel, and one half of the devising team Tiny Little Band with Jerry Lieblich. She also works on the development team at
New Dramatists.
